Hugo Destaillats

Chemist Senior Scientist/Engineer

Deputy, Indoor Environment Group

Windows & Envelope Materials Group

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems Department

Heat Island

Building Technology & Urban Systems Division

Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
70R0108B
1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Office Location: 070-0103A
(510) 486-5897
[email protected]
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Awards

August 2018

2018 Director’s Awards for Exceptional Achievement: Societal Impact

Thirdhand Smoke Research Team: Hugo Destaillats, Lara Gundel, Bo Hang, Jian-Hua Mao, Altaf Sarker, Brett Singer, Mohamad Sleiman, Antoine Snijders, Xiaochen Tang

November 2016

2016 R&D 100 Award: Cool Roof Time Machine

Ronnen Levinson, Hugo Destaillats, Mohamad Sleiman, Thomas Kirchstetter, Sharon Chen, Haley Gilbert, Paul Berdahl, and George Ban-Weiss (LBNL) and Hashem Akbari (Concordia University)

Journal and Editorial Board Memberships

Indoor Air, Editorial Board member

Publications

2020

Tang, Xiaochen, and Hugo Destaillats. Evaluation of short-term initial performance of a “Molekule Air” portable air cleaner. Berkeley: Berkeley Lab, 2020. LBNL-2001260.

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2019

Levinson, Ronnen M, George A Ban-Weiss, Paul Berdahl, Sharon S Chen, Hugo Destaillats, Nathalie Dumas, Haley E Gilbert, Howdy Goudey, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Jan Kleissl, Benjamin Kurtz, Yun Li, Yan Long, Arash Mohegh, Negin Nazarian, Matteo Pizzicotti, Pablo J Rosado, Marion L Russell, Jonathan L Slack, Xiaochen Tang, Jiachen Zhang, and Weilong Zhang. Solar-Reflective “Cool” Walls: Benefits, Technologies, and Implementation. 2019.

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2018

Chen, Sharon S, Hugo Destaillats, Jing Ge, and Ronnen M Levinson. Calibration of laboratory aging practice to replicate changes to roof albedo in a Chinese city. 2018. LBNL-2001005.

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Hang, Bo, Yunshan Wang, Yurong Huang, Pin Wang, Sasha A Langley, Lei Bi, Altaf H Sarker, Suzaynn F Schick, Christopher Havel, Peyton Jacob, III, Neal L Benowitz, Hugo Destaillats, Xiaochen Tang, Yankai Xia, Kuang-Yu Jen, Lara A Gundel, Jian-Hua Mao, and Antoine M Snijders. "Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice." Clinical Science 132.4 (2018) 475-488.

2017

Logue, Jennifer M, Mohamad Sleiman, V.Nahuel Montesinos, Marion L Russell, Marta I Litter, Neal L Benowitz, Lara A Gundel, and Hugo Destaillats. "Emissions from electronic cigarettes: Assessing vapers’ intake of toxic compounds, secondhand exposures and the associated health impacts." Environmental Science & Technology 51.16 (2017) 9271-9279.
Hang, Bo, Antoine M Snijders, Yurong Huang, Suzaynn F Schick, Pin Wang, Yankai Xia, Christopher Havel, Peyton Jacob, III, Neal L Benowitz, Hugo Destaillats, Lara A Gundel, and Jian-Hua Mao. "Early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke affects body mass and the development of immunity in mice." Scientific Reports 7 (2017) 41915.
Jacob, III, Peyton, Neal L Benowitz, Hugo Destaillats, Lara A Gundel, Bo Hang, Manuela Martins-Green, Georg E Matt, Penelope JE Quintana, Jonathan M Samet, Suzaynn F Schick, Prue Talbot, Noel J Aquilina, Melbourne F Hovell, Jian-Hua Mao, and Todd P Whitehead. "Thirdhand Smoke: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions." Chemical Research in Toxicology 30.1 (2017) 270-294.

2016

Levinson, Ronnen M, Sharon S Chen, George A Ban-Weiss, Haley E Gilbert, Paul H Berdahl, Pablo J Rosado, Hugo Destaillats, Mohamad Sleiman, and Thomas W Kirchstetter. Next-Generation Factory-Produced Cool Asphalt Shingles: Phase 1 Final Report. 2016. LBNL-2001007.

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Sleiman, Mohamad, Jennifer M Logue, V. Nahuel Montesinos, Marion L Russell, Marta I Litter, Lara A Gundel, and Hugo Destaillats. "Emissions from Electronic Cigarettes: Key Parameters Affecting the Release of Harmful Chemicals." Environmental Science & Technology 50.17 (2016) 9644 - 9651. LBNL-1006640.
Berdahl, Paul H, Sharon S Chen, Hugo Destaillats, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Ronnen M Levinson, and Michael A Zalich. "Fluorescent Cooling of Objects Exposted to Sunlight - The Ruby Example." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 157 (2016) 312-317. LBNL-1006729.

2015

Sleiman, Mohamad, Sharon S Chen, Haley E Gilbert, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Paul H Berdahl, Erica Bibian, Laura S Bruckman, Dominic Cremona, Roger H French, Devin A Gordon, Marco Emiliani, Justin Kable, Liyan Ma, Milena Martarelli, Riccardo Paolini, Matthew Prestia, John Renowden, Gian Marco Revel, Olivier Rosseler, Ming Shiao, Giancarolo Terraneo, Tammy Yang, Lingtao Yu, Michele Zinzi, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part III: Interlaboratory study of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 143 (2015) 581-590.
Montesinos, V. Nahuel, Mohamad Sleiman, Sebastian Cohn, Marta I Litter, and Hugo Destaillats. "Detection and quantification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in indoor air." Talanta 138 (2015) 20-27.

2014

Frey, Sarah E, Hugo Destaillats, Sebastian Cohn, Sherry Ahrentzen, and Matthew P Fraser. "Characterization of indoor air quality and resident health in an Arizona senior housing apartment building." Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 64 (2014) 1251-1259.
Sleiman, Mohamad, Jennifer M Logue, Wentai Luo, James F Pankow, Lara A Gundel, and Hugo Destaillats. "Inhalable constituents of thirdhand tobacco smoke: Chemical characterization and health impact considerations." Environmental Science & Technology 48.22 (2014) 13093-13101.
Destaillats, Hugo, Meera A Sidheswaran, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk. "Laboratory and Field Demonstration of Energy Efficient VOC Removal Using a Manganese Oxide Catalyst at Room Temperature." Indoor Air 2014. Hong Kong, 2014. LBNL-6898E.

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Sleiman, Mohamad, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Paul H Berdahl, Haley E Gilbert, Sarah Quelen, Lea Marlot, Chelsea V Preble, Sharon S Chen, Amandine Montalbano, Olivier Rosseler, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part II: Development of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 122 (2014) 271-281. LBNL-6714E.

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Martins-Green, Manuela, Neema Adhami, Michael Frankos, Mathew Valdez, Benjamin Goodwin, Julia Lyubovitsky, Sandeep Dhall, Monika Garcia, Ivie Egiebor, Bethanne Martinez, Harry W Green, Christopher Havel, Lisa Yu, Sandy Liles, Georg E Matt, Hugo Destaillats, Mohamad Sleiman, Lara A Gundel, Neal L Benowitz, Peyton Jacob, III, Melbourne F Hovell, Jonathan P Winickoff, and Margarita Curras-Collazo. "Cigarette Smoke Toxins Deposited on Surfaces: Implications for Human Health." PLOS one 9.1 (2014) e86391.

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2013

Sleiman, Mohamad, Hugo Destaillats, and Lara A Gundel. "Solid-phase supported profluorescent nitroxide probe for the determination of aerosol-borne reactive oxygen species." Talanta 116 (2013) 1033-1039.
Fisk, William J, Sebastian Cohn, Hugo Destaillats, Victor Henzel, Meera A Sidheswaran, and Douglas P Sullivan. Integrated Technology Air Cleaners (ITAC): Design and Evaluation. 2013. LBNL-6680E.

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Hang, Bo, Altaf H Sarker, Christopher Havel, Saikat Saha, Tapas K Hazra, Suzaynn F Schick, Peyton Jacob, III, Virender Rehan, Ahmed Chenna, Divya Sharan, Mohamad Sleiman, Hugo Destaillats, and Lara A Gundel. "Thirdhand smoke causes DNA damage in human cells." Mutagenesis 28.4 (2013) 381-391.
Sidheswaran, Meera A, Wenhao Chen, Agatha Chang, Robert Miller, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P Sullivan, William J Fisk, Kazukiyo Kumagai, and Hugo Destaillats. "Formaldehyde Emissions from Ventilation Filters Under Different Relative Humidity Conditions." Environmental Science and Technology 47.10 (2013) 5336-5343.
Zazueta, Ana Luisa Loo, Hugo Destaillats, and Gianluca Li Puma. "Radiation field modeling and optimization of a compact and modular multi-plate photocatalytic reactor (MPPR) for air/water purification by Monte Carlo method." Chemical Engineering Journal 217 (2013) 475-485.
Rosseler, Olivier, Mohamad Sleiman, V. Nahuel Montesinos, Andrey Shavorskiy, Valerie Keller, Nicolas Keller, Marta I Litter, Hendrik Bluhm, Miquel Salmeron, and Hugo Destaillats. "Chemistry of NOx on TiO2 surfaces studied by ambient pressure XPS: products, effect of UV irradiation, water and coadsorbed K+." J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4.3 (2013) 536-541.

2012

Destaillats, Hugo, Mohamad Sleiman, Douglas P Sullivan, Catherine Jacquiod, Jean Sablayrolles, and Laurent Molins. "Key parameters influencing the performance of photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) air purification under realistic indoor conditions." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 128 (2012) 159-170.
Kibanova, Daria, Mohamad Sleiman, Javiera Cervini-Silva, and Hugo Destaillats. "Adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation of formaldehyde on a clay-TiO2 composite." Journal of Hazardous Materials 212-212 (2012) 233-239.

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